November 2015

No urge to splurge

November 18, 2015 in Regional

DR Peter Phillips, the finance minister, said yesterday that it would not be hard to resist the “urge to splurge” because there was no money in the kitty to spend on elections widely expected by year-end. Phillips also reiterated that the country had “come too far...

Zika Virus

November 17, 2015 in Community Pulse

Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis are advised that an outbreak of a virus infection called Zika was recently reported in Suriname. This is the first confirmed outbreak in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Spread of the virus to the island chain is inevitable because of the...